Job Title: Network Platform Manager

Location: Manchester - 3 days a week on site

About The Role: Our Digital Products and Services team is at the forefront of providing innovative network solutions to support digitisation projects and programmes across our brand. We are looking for a Network Platform Manager to lead our team of Network Architects and drive the design and change of our group Network Platforms end to end.

Role Overview: As the Network Platform Manager, you will own the design and change of the group Network Platforms end to end and lead a team of Network Architects. You will champion providing network solutions to support digitisation projects and programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Network Design and Management: Design, implement, and manage the life cycle of the company's network platform infrastructure, ensuring alignment with current and future infrastructure strategy.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure networks meet security standards and compliance requirements for delivering critical national infrastructure.
• Delivery: Work with delivery teams to ensure the delivery of network changes and support an agile delivery framework.
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain plans for business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Vendor Management: Manage key vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and evaluate technology providers for network platform services.
• Team Leadership: Build and maintain a high-performance environment for the network platform team, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration.

Line Management:

• Direct line management responsibility for a team of 6-8 FTE, comprising System Analysts, Architects, and Platform Engineers.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensure technical network design accounts for reliability, scalability, security, cost efficiency, and delivery of business goals.
• Support the development and management of budgets for projects and life cycle management.
• Evaluate technology providers/partners for network services.
• Manage the life cycle of network platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills:

• Experience in planning and managing change in large multiuser campus networks in a critical regulated environment.
• Expertise in key networking technologies MPLS, VXLAN, and policy-based security.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly at all levels of stakeholders.
• Experience in a large, complex, regulated, asset-based corporate environment.
• Demonstrable leadership and people development abilities.
• Knowledge of new and emerging technology trends and road maps.

Please apply below if you're interested in this role.